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Outdoor Pool Season in NYC Starts TODAY
It is so, so hot in this city. Ninety and over temperatures this whole week; my inner Siberian is melting. I’m surprised anyone made it to work this morning. In fact, if they didn’t, people have a totally worthwhile and valid excuse. The city’s outdoor pools, which are free –

Floyd in NYC: So Much Beer, So Few Dollars
There are a few reasons a person might drink six cans of shit beer in one sitting. Getting fired. Getting dumped. The United States losing to Ghana. Weekday afternoons. You know, truly heartbreaking shit. Luckily, like most necessities in this city, there is a bar for that. Floyd, which sits

The 2025 SF Beer Passport is Here!
Step into a world of adventure with the San Francisco Beer Passport. There’s no better way to explore San Francisco than to literally drink it in. This passport is amazing! Each one contains 28 coupons to buy one beer, get a second beer FREE at 28 of the finest locally

How to Support Team USA (and Not Go Broke or Look like a Douche)
Man oh MAN, I am so excited about this World Cup. Normally, at this stage, an entire nation of deluded youth who think that America might someday care about soccer finds itself flailing somewhere between wild panic and bitter apathy. They bob in this temperate ocean because by this point

FREE Popsicles to Kick Off your NYC Weekend
I haven’t moved for the last 20 minutes because I’m fairly certain my back is stuck to my chair. It’s hot in this city – hot like the dickens. Most young people who live here don’t have an air conditioner under the auspices of environmentalism by way of being really

Late Night Booze ‘n’ Food Specials at Cabrito
I’m about to share what, in my estimation, is the greatest happy hour in this city. I know! I have no idea what you did to deserve this either. No matter, though – let’s get in there. Cabrito, which is Spanish for baby goat, is owned by the same people

Streetercise: Saving You Money, Getting You Laid
I had a membership to Planet Fitness for a solid two months of this year. It was convenient, and it was cheap: $10/month and since I signed up during the post-New Year’s-resolution-abandoning membership slump in February, they waived the registration fee. Positively Broke-Ass approved. But I quit. Working out in

FREE Concert with Drake, Hanson, and Ninjasonik at the Seaport Tonight
What do Drake, Hanson and Ninjasonik have in common? If you guessed a song called ‘œSomebody’s Gonna Get Pregnant,’ well, you’re only sort of wrong. But the three acts are appearing together at the Seaport tonight at 6pm as part of the Sounds like Paper Summer Concert Series. For FREE.

GreenMarkets: Eating Well on the Cheap in NYC
I like food. Nay, I love food. I went to a job interview at Café 2 in the Museum of Modern Art once where the interviewer told me that my face “lit up” when I started talking about chorizo. That is not a joke. Unfortunately I’ve also got $40 to